Italy buys rare Caravaggio portrait for €30m
The purchase is part of wider plans to prevent major artworks from being bought by private collectors.
The purchase is part of wider plans to prevent major artworks from being bought by private collectors.
Iran continues to launch more missiles and drones into neighboring countries, vowing it will not back down. According to the country’s regime, more than 1,300 Iranian civilians have been killed in the war. CBS News got rare access inside Iran as the death toll rises. Holly Williams reports.
Snow blanketed highways and neighborhoods from Long Island to the Florida Panhandle overnight, turning familiar roads into winter scenes rarely seen that far south and snarling travel across the eastern half of the U.S. during a busy holiday weekend. Flight delays continued to pile up Sunday for thousands of people, foiling Martin Luther King Jr….
I’ve spent the last 25 years in front of the camera here at CNBC, and people have gotten to know a lot about me. What they don’t know, though, is probably the most important part: My family. And our family is a happy one. But we are also unique, and we have our struggles. Our 9-year-old…
More than one million South Africans, about 1.6% of the country’s population of 63 million, currently live overseas. Emigration is never a solitary event or a purely economic decision. When one person leaves, an entire network of relationships is reshaped. This means that parents, grandparents, siblings and friends are left behind, making it challenging to…
SpaceX’s Starlink said one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space on Wednesday that created a “small number” of debris and cut off communications with the spacecraft at 418km in altitude, a rare kinetic accident in orbit for the satellite internet giant. “The satellite is largely intact, tumbling, and will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and…
The Victoria and Albert East Storehouse, a warehouse that holds items unable to fit in the renowned British museum’s main space, offers the public a rare glimpse at history — including David Bowie’s trousers and an enormous Picasso piece.
Cityscape and Tokyo Tower at sunset, Tokyo, Japan. © Marco Bottigelli | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.5% to a fresh record, after closing at an all-time high Monday. The Topix also added 0.73% to hit a record high. Broader Asia-Pacific markets also opened higher, tracking Wall Street gains, led by…
US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to five months. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed an agreement on rare earth and critical minerals as…
The Atacama desert in Chile sits long and lean, sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The desert’s extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the night sky and is famous for being home to the largest radio telescope in the world. But the usually barren landscape…